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Architecture / Featured

03/26/2014

Palaces for the People: The Soaring Vaults of Guastavino on Exhibit at Museum of City of New York

Opening today at Museum of the City of New York is exhibition “Palaces for the People: Guastavino and the Art of Structural Tile,” paying homage to the family.

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Arts & Culture / New York

11/26/2013

Daily What?! The Peace Fountain at Saint John the Divine features the Decapitated Head of Satan and 9 Giraffes

The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine has a bizarre Peace Fountain sculpture that features the decapitated head of Satan, a DNA helix and 9 giraffes

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Architecture / Featured

10/01/2013

Inside the Opulent Loew’s Valencia Theater in Jamaica, Queens

In the heart of Jamaica, one of Queens’ largest commercial and shopping districts, stands a grandiloquent 20th century movie palace: The Loew’s Valencia Theater

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